Exploring Multiplication

During Weeks 2 and 3, students in 1/2  have been exploring multiplication through the concepts of making equal groups, skip counting by twos, and representing arrays. They've been guided by our learning question:
“How can we show multiplication using groups and arrays?”

Using hands-on materials like counters and unifix blocks, students have been building equal groups and arranging them into arrays to help them understand how multiplication works. They have also been learning to connect these groups to matching multiplication sentences (e.g. 4 groups of 2 = 8).

Our learner asset focus has been Thinker, and they’ve been asking themselves:
“How can we use what we know to solve problems in different ways?”

This hands-on learning has helped students show their thinking clearly and build strong foundations in multiplication.